About me

My Ph.D. thesis (brief abstract) investigated how homeostatic synaptic scaling mechanisms acting in Alzheimer's disease can result in the effect of information-selectivity. This defines the way the disease spreads, and how it attacks the least significant neurons first, thereby making the disease harder to detect in its early stages. It also reveals a potential method for slowing the progression of the disease, by using electrostimulation to restore lost activity and reduce the need for synaptic scaling.